Re: [HM] First incommensurables, Theaetetus, etc

Samuel S. Kutler (s-kutler@sjca.edu)
Tue, 22 Dec 1998 15:06:59 -0500 (EST)

David:

Let me quote just seven words about the 1st or 2nd generations of
Pythagoreans from page 42 of

The Evolution of Euclidean Elements.

Knorr calls incommensurability

the prime counterexample of their fundamental doctrine.

Do you agree with this? If so, it might not be a crisis, but it is a death
blow. If not, why not?

Best wishes,

Sam Kutler